Almost 108 000 000 Americans were overweight or obese in 1999. Until now, obesity continues to be a significant problem and is predicted to succeed in epidemic levels by the year 2020.

One way to stop this scenario is to form people conscious of the risks of being overweight or obese.

Here are some diseases that you simply are putting yourself within the risk of if you're carrying tons of additional pounds:


1. heart disease

2. stroke

3. diabetes

4. cancer

5. arthritis

6. hypertension

Losing weight helps to control and stop these diseases.